Rail-chair



(No Model.)

G. D. GLAFLIN, Jr.

RAIL CHAIR.

Patented June 28,1898.

w a W 1 -ATENT GEORGE D. CLAELIN, JR, OE TOLEDO, OHIO, A$SIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN RAIL JOINT AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF'CLEVELAND, OHIO.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,515, dated June 28, 1898.

Application filed December 6, 1897. Serial No. 660,909. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE D. CLAFLIN, J12, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Chairs; and I do'hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which to it appertains to make and use the'same.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap chair for connecting and preserving the relative positions of a parallel car-rail and guard-rail of railway-tracks.

r 5 This invention consists in the construction and combination of parts shown and described ,as pointed out definitely in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a sectional end view of my improved chair in use. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, and Fig. 3 is a plan View of the chair.

The chair is composed of three membersto wit, the outer member A, the inner mem ber 13, and the intermediate or spacing mem- 2 5 her 0. These three members are constructed as and for the purposes as follows:

Each of the two members A and B consists of a base and abody, the construction of which in detail will be presently explained. The

- o proximate edges of the bases overlap and are provided with interlocking tongues a Z1 which lie at a slight angle to the length of the members, whereby the endwise movement of either member-relative to the other causes a 3 5 slight lateral movement of said parts toward..-

each other.

Upon the top of the base of the member A are formed fiat horizontal seats a of which the former is near the outeredge of the base and is adapted to support the foot of the guardrail D. The other seat 0. is. near the inner edge of said base and is below the plane of the seat a. On the base of the member B is formed a flat horizontal seat I), which when the two members interlock, as described, is in the same plane with the seat a these two seats being adapted to support the foot of the car-rail E.

The body a of the member A rises from the base outside of the seat a and extends inward and then upward, being shaped and proportioned so that it will bear upon the top of the rail-foot, which rests upon the seat a, while its upper edge bears against the under side of the ball of said rail. The body 11 of the member is similarly shaped, so as to bear upon the foot of the rail, which rests upon the seats a while its upper edge bears against the under side of the ball of said rail. The intermediate member C consists of a base c,two sides 0' c ,and, preferably,strengthening end pieces 0 This member lies between the two rails D and E. Its base is shaped to fit upon the feet of the said two rails whenthe upper edges of the sides engage beneath the twolrail-balls.

A lug a is formed on the inner face of the vertical part of the body, extending inward therefrom. This lug passes through a hole in the web of the guard-rail and into a hole in the proximate side 0' of the member 0. This lug prevents the endwise movement of the member A when the member B is being drawn endwise to cause the clamping action ofthe chair members upon the rail.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. A rail-chair consisting of the members A and B, having oblique interlocking tongues,

the member A consisting of a body a and a base having the two flat seats a a in differ- 8o ent planes, the member B consisting of a body and a base having a flat seat 19 which is in the same plane with' the seat 0. combined with an intermediate. member which fits between two rails resting upon the seats a and a N, and bears against thefeet and balls of said rails, substantially as specified.

2. A rail-chair consisting of the members A and B, having oblique interlocking tongues,

the member A consisting of a body a and a base having the twofiat seats a a in diiferent/planes, and having an integral lug pro jecting from the inner face of the body and adapted to pass through a hole in the web of the proximate rail and into a hole in one side of the member C, the member 13 consisting of a body and a base having aflat seat I), which is in the same plane with the seat a combined with anintermediate member which fits between two rails resting upon the seats a, and (L b and bears against the 'feet and balls of said rails, substantially as specified. In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence oftwo witnesses.

GEORGE D. CLAFLIN, JR. Witnesses W. D. Knnnmon, ALBERT H. Burns. 

